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BASKETBALL
Mar 21, 2019
JBA establishes committee to cope with verbal, physical abuse on teams throughout nation
Oppressive actions such as corporal punishment and verbal abuse of athletes by coaches and those who have positions of authority have clearly been a major issue in Japanese sports in recent years.
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LIFE / Lifestyle / CHILD'S PLAY
Mar 18, 2018
Go west to enjoy a family hanami party
At last, winter's grip is loosening and spring in Japan is on its way. Soon cherry blossoms will explode across the archipelago, and parks around the country will be full of smiles and picnic tarps. That's right: it's hanami (cherry-blossom viewing) season again — my favorite time of the year.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 24, 2016
Court orders city of Osaka to pay damages over 2012 suicide of student
A court on Wednesday ordered the city of Osaka to pay about ¥75 million (about $670,000) in damages to the parents of a 17-year-old high school student, recognizing that the student killed himself in 2012 due to beatings by a teacher at a city-run school.
JAPAN / Society
Feb 16, 2013
Probe details coach's abuses against boy who killed himself
Details of the brutal physical and verbal abuse an Osaka high school boy suffered at the hands of his basketball coach before committing suicide in December are revealed in a report compiled by an external panel.
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JAPAN / Society
Feb 14, 2013
Osaka high school basketball coach fired for battering student who killed himself
The Osaka city board of education fires a 47-year-old high school basketball team coach for alleged violence against the club's captain that led to the youth's suicide in December.
EDITORIALS
Jan 29, 2013
Odd response to student's suicide
The Osaka City Board of Education is more intent on engaging in political gimmicks than on enacting meaningful reform in the wake of a student's suicide.
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JAPAN
Jan 23, 2013
School's special phys ed slots axed
Special slots for physical education majors will no longer be offered at Osaka's Sakuranomiya Senior High School, based on a recomendation Mayor Toru Hashimoto made after it was revealed that the captain of the school's basketball team hanged himself after he was repeatedly beaten by his coach, the city board of education said.
JAPAN / Society
Jan 18, 2013
Coach linked to suicide beat another student
The 47-year-old basketball coach at Osaka's Sakuranomiya Senior High School whose beating of the team's 17-year-old captain allegedly prompted the youth to kill himself last month slapped another boy the face repeatedly in 2008 during practice for a sports festival, the city board of education has revealed.

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